February 15, 2024
Via: InfoWorldEnterprise developer software firm Perforce will buy data management provider Delphix for an undisclosed sum, the companies said on Wednesday. The type of data management tools that Delphix offers — most notably virtualization and masking technology that allows for devops […]
Computing, Software & Applications
February 15, 2024
Via: InfoWorldMicrosoft has made Visual Studio 2022 17.9 generally available, and introduced a preview of Visual Studio 2022 17.10. Visual Studio 17.9 adds AI-generated Git commits and enhances extensibility, while Visual Studio 17.10 brings AI-powered chat into the IDE. Announced February […]
February 15, 2024
Via: InfoWorldOracle has updated its Autonomous Database offering in an effort to maintain its lead over competing cloud-based database services from rivals such as AWS, Google Cloud, IBM, and Snowflake. Oracle Autonomous Database is an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) service. Oracle […]
Computing, Software & Applications
February 14, 2024
Via: Tom's HardwareIntel has disclosed a whopping 34 security vulnerabilities, contained within 32 pieces of software and two kinds of firmware. The 32 software security bugs broadly impact drivers for chipsets, Wi-Fi, and other components, and also include applications such as XTU, […]
Computing, Software & Applications
February 14, 2024
Via: TechSpotSoftware engineer Alexander Surkov recently proposed a new addition to the Chromium source code, the layout engine on which many modern browsers are based. The programmer aims to implement the Web Monetization specifications, providing Chrome and many other free browsers […]
February 14, 2024
Via: The Hacker NewsA newly disclosed security flaw in the Microsoft Defender SmartScreen has been exploited as a zero-day by an advanced persistent threat actor called Water Hydra (aka DarkCasino) targeting financial market traders. Trend Micro, which began tracking the campaign in late […]
February 13, 2024
Via: InfoWorldI’ve been working with artificial intelligence systems since the 1980s. Back then, AI was considered a revolution in leveraging computer systems to achieve unheard-of capabilities. Things are much the same today with generative AI (genAI). But to avoid the mistakes […]
Computing, Software & Applications
February 13, 2024
Via: TechSpotYou can also feed it videos from the web, including clips from YouTube. Simply plug in the URL of the source video, then ask the chatbot any question related to the content in the video. As the name suggests, retrieval-augmented […]
February 13, 2024
Via: The Hacker NewsThe U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added a medium-severity security flaw impacting Roundcube email software to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. The issue, tracked as CVE-2023-43770 (CVSS score: 6.1), […]
Computing, Software & Applications
February 12, 2024
Via: InfoWorldCoding in the ’90s usually meant selecting an editor, checking code into CVS or SVN code repositories, and then compiling code into executables. Integrated development environments (IDEs) like Eclipse and Visual Studio improved productivity by including coding, development, documentation, building, […]
Computing, Software & Applications
February 12, 2024
Via: InfoWorldLarge language models (LLMs) continue to command a blazing bright spotlight, as the debut of ChatGPT captured the world’s imagination and made generative AI the most widely discussed technology in recent memory (apologies, metaverse). ChatGPT catapulted public LLMs onto the […]
Computing, Software & Applications
February 12, 2024
Via: InfoWorldGoogle’s Go language, or golang, has reached its highest position ever in the Tiobe language popularity index. The language, now in the eighth ranked position for language popularity, has been on the rise for several years. Go, which is probably […]
February 12, 2024
Via: PhoneArenaAt the end of September 2023, the Xiaomi Watch 2 Pro came to life and it caught our attention by offering Wear OS (and Google Wallet, Google Maps, and Google Assistant) out of the box – something that was exclusive […]
February 9, 2024
Via: TechradarWhen it comes to the internet, you might be inclined to think that countries boasting a more reliable infrastructure are also benefiting from better online security. Well, that’s proven to be a mere conjecture. Researchers at VPN service provider Surfshark […]
February 9, 2024
Via: GSMArena.comThis may be our first look at Google’s upcoming Tensor G4 chipset in action. A Google device, codenamed Tokay, has been spotted running Geekbench 5 (yes, not 6) with what’s supposedly a Tensor G4 chipset. The device has 8GB of […]
February 9, 2024
Via: InfoWorldDon’t look now, but 25% of organizations surveyed in the United Kingdom have already moved half or more of their cloud-based workloads back to on-premises infrastructures. This is according to a recent study by Citrix, a Cloud Software Group business […]
February 9, 2024
Via: InfoWorldMicrosoft Fabric is an end-to-end, software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform for data analytics. It is built around a data lake called OneLake, and brings together new and existing components from Microsoft Power BI, Azure Synapse, and Azure Data Factory into a single […]
Computing, Software & Applications
February 8, 2024
Via: MashableSay goodbye to Google Bard, and say hello to Google Gemini. On Thursday, Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced the company will be rebranding its AI model Bard as Gemini. The company launched Gemini late last year, calling it […]
Computing, Software & Applications
February 8, 2024
Via: The VergeWindows 11 will soon have a built-in sudo command designed for developers. Sudo, short for “superuser do,” is widely used on Unix-based operating systems like Linux and macOS to run programs with higher security privileges or as another user. It’s […]
Computing, Software & Applications
February 8, 2024
Via: TechradarThe Microsoft Store in Windows 11 is about to get a handy new feature that lets you try games without having to download and install them – but will this innovative feature make the unloved app store more popular? The […]